The Diaries of John Dee
edited by Edward Fenton

Alchemist, astrologer, mystic and mathematician, John Dee was one of the most brilliant and controversial figures of the Elizabethan age. Now for the first time his private journals and spirit diaries are brought together in an accurate and readable version, compiled from the original manuscripts in the Bodleian Library and the British Museum. The reveal the soaring ambition of one who aspired to walk with God, and the extraordinary consequences of his quest for the key to all knowledge.

ISBN 0953 2213 0 X/978 0953 2213 0 1; 384 pp, illustrated; £18.99 hardback

Reviews

‘Excellent’ – Daily Telegraph

‘A source book of great, but dangerous potential’ – Iain Sinclair, The Edge Books of the Year